uSMART Softcopy Orthophotos

Distributed Processing

Use all the Computer Systems that have a uSMART licence to participate in the production of orthophotos. All active Computers process Tasks simultaneously and a job can be completed more efficiently with all the Computers finishing their tasks at approximately the same time.

Tasks are run in the “background” i.e. in a separate “thread” in Windows OS.

Controlled via a text file which can be viewed in any text editor.

All users can monitor the Distributed Processor file.

Tasks are generally added automatically but they can also be added/removed manually.

If any Computer happens to fail, it will be reintroduced into the process without any problems once it is again restarted.

The ability of any Computer being able to add or remove itself from the process allows maximum versatility for users.

Computers can be “clustered” to complete certain portions of a project.